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Latin I: Trojan War Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis (the parents of the future Achilles), which goddess rolled in an apple that said on it "to the fairest of them all"?

a)

Eris, goddess of discord

b)

Venus/Aphrodite, goddess of love

c)

Vesta, goddess of the home/hearth

d)

Diana, goddess of animals/hunting

2.

This Trojan prince was tasked with deciding which goddess was truly, "the fairest of them all"

a)

Hector

b)

Paris

c)

Priam

d)

Aeneas

3.

During the "Judgment of Paris," three goddesses competed for the title of "fairest of them all". Which goddess did NOT compete?

a)

Venus/Aphrodite

b)

Minerva/Athena

c)

Diana/Artemis

d)

Juno/Hera

4.

Because she offered a gift/prize of ________, Venus won the "Judgment of Paris"

a)

wisdom/strategy in war

b)

power/sovereignty

c)

Helen

d)

prowess in hunting

5.

Paris stole Helen from her husband, the Greek prince named ______.

a)

Menelaus

b)

Agamemnon

c)

Achilles

d)

Patroclus

6.

In order to gain favorable winds that would allow the Greek soldiers to set sail to Troy from Greece, Agamemnon, the Greek leader, had to do which of the following actions?

a)

sacrifice his daughter

b)

sacrifice his wife

c)

kill one of the Greek soldiers

d)

kill a Trojan soldier

7.

_____________, a Greek, wanted to "avoid the draft;" that is, he didn't want to have to go fight in the Trojan War. Therefore, he pretended to be insane so that his fellow Greeks wouldn't want him to fight with them.

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Agamemnon

d)

Menelaus

8.

_____________, a Greek, wanted to "avoid the draft;" that is, he didn't want to have to go fight in the Trojan War. Therefore, he pretended to be a woman so that his fellow Greeks wouldn't be able to find him and recruit him.

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Agamemnon

d)

Odysseus

9.

It is said that the Greeks and Trojans fought for ______ years, with both sides losing many soldiers.

a)

three

b)

five

c)

seven

d)

ten

10.

Finally, in the tenth year of battle, things changed. When Agamemnon refused to return a war prize, a priestess named Chryseis, to her father, this god sent a plague on the Greeks.

a)

Ares/Mars

b)

Hermes/Mercury

c)

Zeus/Jupiter

d)

Apollo

11.

To stop the deaths of his fellow Greeks, Agamemnon agreed to return his war prize. To make up for his lost war prize, he then took the war prize of _____________________.

a)

Odysseus

b)

Achilles

c)

Patroclus

d)

Menelaus

12.

Because he was so angry at his own leader, Achilles decided to sit out of battle for a while. While he did, his friend/lover, named __________, decided to put on Achilles' armor and fight.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Menelaus

c)

Hector

d)

Patroclus

13.

Achilles, so upset at the death of his friend/lover, decides to re-enter battle. He gets new armor in the process. Which god or goddess crafted his new armor for him?

a)

Aphrodite/Venus

b)

Hephaestus/Vulcan

c)

Zeus/Jupiter

d)

Ares/Mars

14.

Achilles, in a fit of rage because his opponent had killed his friend/lover, decided to face this best Trojan fighter, named _____________, in a one-on-one battle that everyone watches.

a)

Aeneas

b)

Priam

c)

Paris

d)

Hector

15.

Achilles killed Hector in battle, and then decided to commit a dishonorable act against him. What was the dishonorable act?

a)

pillaging Hector's home

b)

dragging Hector's body around the city walls

c)

stealing Hector's wife

d)

cutting Hector's body into many small pieces

16.

This king of Troy, named ______, approached Achilles, asking that Achilles do the honorable thing, and return the body of his son, Hector, to him.

a)

Priam

b)

Hector

c)

Aeneas

d)

Paris

17.

Pretending that they had sailed home, the Greeks built a huge wooden horse and said that it was really a dedicatory offering to the god/goddess, ___________________.

a)

Athena/Minerva

b)

Hera/Juno

c)

Zeus/Jupiter

d)

Hermes/Mercury

18.

A Greek, named ________________, stood outside of the horse and told a fake story about its origin and purpose. This man pretended that he had been abandoned by his fellow Greeks, and that he was now a friend/ally of the Trojans.

a)

Sychaeus

b)

Aeneas

c)

Sinon

d)

Argos

19.

The Trojan priest, named _________________, warned against bringing the horse into the city. He said "I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts!"

a)

Laocoon

b)

Apollo

c)

Paris

d)

Helen

20.

This priestess, named _______, who always predicted the future correctly, but was believed by no one, also warned the Trojans against taking the horse into the city.

a)

Chryseis

b)

Cassandra

c)

Andromache

d)

Creusa